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Relation , RELATION
Relation, from the Latin, relatio (referre, relatum ), means a reference, bearing, or towardness, and relative signifies the substantive mea… FORMATIVE , FORMATIVE.
1. In PHILOLOGY, a derivational AFFIX, especially one that determines part of speech or WORD class: -ness in darkness, forming a noun from… arrangement , ar·range·ment / əˈrānjmənt/ • n. 1. the action, process, or result of arranging or being arranged. ∎ a thing that has been arranged in a neat or attr… Form , FORM
From the Latin forma, a term signifying figure or shape or "that which is seen" (Gr. ε[symbol omitted]δος) and having many derived meanings, suc… Venation , ve·na·tion / vēˈnāshən/ • n. Biol. the arrangement of veins in a leaf or in an insect's wing. ∎ the system of venous blood vessels in an animal. DERI… Three-spined stickleback , three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) See GASTEROSTEIDAE.
Gasterosteus aculeatus (threespined stickleback) See GASTEROSTEIDAE.
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